Attachment for roll-paper stands



Dec. 8 I K. TAKAHASHI ATTACHMENT FOR ROLL PAPERSTANDS Filed Oct. 15,1923 A a INVENTOR H avz'o 72km! HI Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNlTED STATQS KENZO TAKAI-IASHI, G1 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR ROLL-PAPER STANDS.

Ap lication filed October 15, 1923. Serial No. 668,539.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, KEN/.0 TAKAI-IASI-II, a subject of the Emperor ofJapan, and a resident of Seattle, King County, lVashington,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments forRoll-Paper Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invent ion relates to improvements in roll paper stands and moreparticularly to an attachment for the tearing-off bar of such standswhich will make it easier to grasp the end of the paper strip when it isdesired to draw out some paper from the roll.

Ordinarily when it is desired to tear off some paper from the roll, itis first required that the roll be rotated slightly in order to advancethe end of the strip from beneath the tear-off bar. This is sometimesinconvenient especially when the roll of paper is large and when theuser has one hand occu pied with an article which he intends to wrap.

The object of this invention, therefore, has been to provide anauxiliary means that may he made as a part of the tear-off bar or may beattached thereto and which will provide that the end of the strip of thepaper roll may be easily grasped.

Other objects of the invention reside in the various details ofconstruction of the attachment and in the manner in which it may beapplied to the teanoff bars of paper stands.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I haveprovided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1is a perspective view of a paper roll stand having a tear-off barequipped with an attachment constructed and applied in accordance withthe present invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse, sectional view of the stand and paper roll andshowing the application of the present device to the tearolf bar of thestand.

Figure 3 is a detailed, perspective view of a part of the tear-off barand the attach ment as applied thereto.

Figure l is a top view of the attachment as applied to the tear-off bar,a part of which is broken away for better illustration.

Referring there in detail to the dram :5 tags;"

arms 7 that they will yieldably retain the bar against the paper.

The construction, as above described, 1s

that of the ordinary paper roll stand and may vary in accordance withthe size of the roll to be used therein or for other reasons.

Detachably fixed to the bar 8 and extending the length thereof is aforwardly projecting plate 10 provided with a straight tearing edge 11.This plate extends several inches forwardly from the bar 8 and would heof slightly greater length than the length of the paper roll. It is heldin place by means of an upturned flange 12 at its back edge which seatsagainst the back face of the bar 8 and from which hooks 13 projectupwardly and over the upper edge of the bar 8 in such manner as torigidly retain it in functional position.

Attached to the plate 10 so as to extend parallel therewith along theunderside of the plate, is a paper supporting strip which has endportions 15 extended upwardly. and through slots 16 in the ends of theplate 10 and has the ends 17 clinched to hold the strip in place. Thisstrip has a central recess 18 formed in the outer edge thereof, as isshown in Figure 4, and directly above this an opening 19 is provided inthe plate 10.

While I have shown the plate 10 formed separately and adapted to beattached to the bar 8, it is apparent that the bar 8 could be removedand the plate flange l2 fastened directly to the arms 7. The presentdrawing illustrates the application of attachments of the presentcharacter to paper stands that are already in use. For paper stands yetto be manufactured, the device would be made as a part of the stand andnot as an attachment.

In using the device, as illustrated, the end of the strip of paper fromthe roll would be threaded between the underside of the plate 10 and thesupporting strip when a person desires to tear off a strip of paper fromthe roll, he grasps the-end of the strip as it projects from between theplates 10 and 1-4:. The recess 18 in the strip l t provides that the endof the strip may beeasily grasped. The strip is torn oil by drawing itupwardly against the edge 11 of the plate. The end of. the roll strip isthen left projecting between the plates 10 and 14: and may readily beobserved through the opening 1.9.

Attachments of this character may be provided for paper stands ofvarious lengths and size, andproiddes that the end of the strip mayeasily and readilybegraspedand drawn out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters,Patent, is:

An attachment for paper roll stands of that type comprising means forrotatably mounting a paper roll and a tear off bar with yieldingmounting; for urging it against the roll, consisting of an auxiliarytear 0t]? plate substantially the length of said bar and bent along alongitudinal line with its upper edge portion adapted to underlie thefirstlmentioned tear off bar and provided with clips formed therefromand adapted to be bent over the bar to attach the plate functionallythereto; the lower edge portion of the plate being bent outwardly toextend substantially from the roll and provided with a lower tearingedge and a paper strip supporting bar disposed beneath the plate andhaving a recess formed in its outer edge, and having upwardly directedend portions attached to the underside at the ends of the out-turnedportions of the plate to hold said bar in spaced relation to the platefor the purpose set forth.

Signed at Seattle, King County, ashington this 5th day of October 1923.

KENZO TAKAHA SHI.

